
Nature-based solutions: Local authorities
Practical ways in which local authorities can act to support nature-based solutions.
Practical ways in which local authorities can act to support nature-based solutions.
Care for nature through managing land and buildings and ensure that biodiversity is protected and enhanced through wildlife-friendly management of parks and greenspaces, pollinator corridors, new woodlands and local nature reserves.
Develop strategic approaches to spatial planning, transport and development that incorporate the multiple benefits of nature-based solutions.
Deliver high-quality greenspaces through Open Space Strategies and mapping of Integrated Habitat Networks.
Set out clear requirements for multi-functional green infrastructure within site development briefs, design frameworks and post-construction management plans.
Consider nature-based solutions in regional spatial strategies, masterplans, and local development plans.
Take practical measures such as including natural flood management measures in local flood risk management plans and boosting coastal habitat resilience through shoreline management plans.
Leverage private investment in nature-based solutions through developer contributions.
Facilitate outdoor recreation and active travel and connect people and nature through improved provision of paths, parks, green active travel routes, nature reserves.
Protect and restore features of biodiversity value such as wetlands, peatlands and floodplains, native woodland habitats, native grasslands, locally rare or threatened species populations, blue carbon habitats, maintain and enhance the biodiversity value of Vacant and Derelict Land.
Work with Community Planning Partnerships, the Community Learning and Development Service and the voluntary sector to facilitate community involvement in protecting and enhancing nature and increasing opportunities for people to benefit from and participate in managing their local environment.
Support and deliver outdoor learning and sustainable development education by building capacity and leadership within the early years and teaching profession.
Help to equip our workforce with the technical, leadership, and carbon literacy know-how to help us chart our way through an age of unprecedented change.
Secure improvements as outlined in the Sustainable Procurement Duty.